John Phillips (footballer)

Thomas John Seymour Phillips (7 July 1951 – 31 March 2017) was a Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper for various English clubs and the Welsh national team. Phillips started out with his home town club, Shrewsbury Town, for whom he made 51 appearances, before transferring to Aston Villa at the age of 18. After only a handful of matches for Villa, Phillips joined Chelsea in August 1970 for £25,000. He was to spend the majority of his career with the west London club as the long-term understudy to Peter Bonetti and only once, in 1974-75, was he to make over 30 appearances in a season for the club. He made a total of 149 appearances for Chelsea.

John Phillips (footballer)

Thomas John Seymour Phillips (7 July 1951 – 31 March 2017) was a Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper for various English clubs and the Welsh national team. Phillips started out with his home town club, Shrewsbury Town, for whom he made 51 appearances, before transferring to Aston Villa at the age of 18. After only a handful of matches for Villa, Phillips joined Chelsea in August 1970 for £25,000. He was to spend the majority of his career with the west London club as the long-term understudy to Peter Bonetti and only once, in 1974-75, was he to make over 30 appearances in a season for the club. He made a total of 149 appearances for Chelsea.